reckoning

/ˈɹɛkənɪŋ/

verb

  1. 1

    To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

  2. 2

    To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to esteem; to repute.

  3. 3

    To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.

  4. 4

    To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause

    I reckon he won't try that again.
  5. 5

    To reckon with something or somebody or not, i.e to reckon without something or somebody: to take into account, deal with, consider or not, i.e. to misjudge, ignore, not take into account, not deal with, not consider or fail to consider; e.g. reckon without one's host

  6. 6

    To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.

  7. 7

    To come to an accounting; to draw up or settle accounts; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty.

noun

  1. 1

    The action of calculating or estimating something.

    By that reckoning, it would take six weeks to go five miles.
  2. 2

    An opinion or judgement.

  3. 3

    A summing up or appraisal.

  4. 4

    The settlement of accounts, as between parties.

  5. 5

    The working out of consequences or retribution for one's actions.

  6. 6

    The bill (UK) or check (US), especially at an inn or tavern.

  7. 7

    Rank or status.

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